We are seeking an Accounting Manager to lead, direct, and develop a team of twelve professionals responsible for all laboratory accounting activities; includes banking, inventory and fixed assets, cost accounting; receivables, including Strategic Partnership Project financial administration; monthly financial reporting and reconciliations.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain and update policies for such activities.
- Evaluate and make improvements, as applicable.
- Establish and monitor key metrics of accounting operations to ensure goals are achieved.
- Provide timely and substantive deliverables for internal and external audit requests.
- Promote organizational partnerships throughout the laboratory.
Position Requirements:
- Experience with complex accounting systems and transactions, solid understanding and application of finance and accounting principles and general ledger management.
- Leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, including the ability to work effectively with others across departments to ensure a smooth process flow.
- Experience being highly responsive, meeting demanding deadlines, and prioritizing projects, work tasks, and issues.
- Strong analytical skills, high accuracy level, and attention to detail.
- Ability to independently identify and articulate problems, propose alternative solutions, solve problems, and drive and achieve results.
- Experience preparing and presenting financial statements and reports, researching accounting issues for compliance, and managing audits.
- Ability to model Argonne’s Core Values: Impact, Safety, Respect, Integrity, and Teamwork.
This position description documents the general nature and level of work but is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all activities, duties, and responsibilities required of job incumbent. Consequently, job incumbent may be required to perform other duties as assigned.
Job Family:
Professional Administrative (PA)
Job Profile:
Accounting Leader 1
Worker Type:
Regular
Time Type:
Full time
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